The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 211; no. 1; pp. 57 - 64
• Main Authors: Kostka, Joel E., Weston, David J., Glass, Jennifer B., Lilleskov, Erik A., Shaw, A. Jonathan, Turetsky, Merritt R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England New Phytologist Trust 01.07.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Acidity; Aerobic conditions; antagonists; Bacteria; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; carbon; Carbon cycle; carbon sequestration; Carboxylic acids; Cations; Climate change; Community structure; Cultivation; Drought; Ecosystems; Environmental factors; Environmental research; fungi; Habitats; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; host plants; Leaves; methanotroph; Microbial activity; microbiome; Microbiota - genetics; Microbiota - physiology; mutualism; nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; Nucleic acids; Nutrient cycles; Pathogens; peatland; peatlands; Physiological ecology; plant growth promotion; Plant tissues; Polymers; prokaryotic cells; Soil types; Sphagnopsida - microbiology; Sphagnum; symbionts; Tansley insights; tissues; methanotroph; bacteria; fungi; peatland; nitrogen fixation; microbiome; plant growth promotion; Sphagnum

Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum play a major role in global carbon storage and dominate many northern peatland ecosystems, which are currently being subjected to some of the most rapid climate changes on Earth.Arapidly expanding database indicates that a diverse community of microorganisms is inti...